Isom returns to spotlight

Sunday

Amarilloan Jacob Isom enjoyed another few minutes in the national spotlight Saturday as he made an appearance at the "Rally to Restore Sanity" and "March to Keep Fear Alive" in Washington, D.C.

Isom was awarded the "Medal of Reasonability" in front of tens of thousand at the rally put on by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. The event poked fun at the nation's politics, fear-mongers and doomsayers.

Isom gained fame after he snatched the Quran from the hands of David Grisham, a conservative activist and leader of Repent Amarillo, as Grisham threatened to burn the Islamic holy book at an Amarillo park Sept. 11.

When Isom was presented the medal, Colbert snatched it away as a joke. When it was returned to Isom, he threw it into the crowd.

- Globe-News staff

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